Challenging the COVID narrative covers topics ranging from COVID risk assessments, pandemic response, trust in institutions, the use of fear, human rights infringements and the response of the church to the crisis.
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Shining the Light: Dispelling COVID Distortions
Omar Khan interviews PANDA Chairman and advocate for better decisions via better information, Nick Hudson.
AIER – Lockdowns are no substitute for focused protection
The most vulnerable groups in the US, have been devastated by unscientific ineffective policies and have been hardest hit by Covid-19. The health of a nation is directly tied to the socioeconomic health of the nation, and the socioeconomic drivers that played a role in Covid-19’s severity cannot be ignored. Focused protection would have performed far better than lockdowns.
Lockdown: Global Conditioning | The Very Opinionated Kate Wand Show
Lockdown: Global Conditioning, is a video produced by Kate Wand. In it, she compares lockdowns to operant conditioning experiments conducted by B.F Skinner.
The Spirit of Science | Jay Bhattacharya
Jay Bhattacharya, Professor of Economics and Medicine at Stanford University, in conversation with Nick Hudson.
Facts -not fear- will stop the pandemic
The media relish negative news. “If it bleeds it leads” still holds, and perhaps it’s never been truer than in the COVID-19 era. Every day the news highlights the spread of the virus and tells the sad stories of some of its victims.
Likely Consequences of the COVID-19 Lockdown
Likely Consequences of the COVID-19 Lockdown are highlighted by Ivor Cummins and PANDA’s Nick Hudson as they interpret the pandemic data. (24 min video version)
Covid-19 Business Watch: Lockdown Letdown
Professor Alex van den Heever, from Wit’s School of Governance; Nick Hudson, coordinator of Panda; and Mike Schussler, head of econmists.co.za; talk about what we have learned so far about lockdowns that should be guiding our decision making as we chart a course ahead.
Coronavirus Special & The Most Important Book Ever Written
State of the Market Podcast interviews Nick Hudson about coronavirus, lockdown effects and his recommended reading list.
Lockdowners’ Crimes Against Humanity – Tom Woods
Nick Hudson created PANDA as a conduit for rational, data-driven analysis of COVID-19, and to examine the human and economic toll of extended lockdowns.